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CRYPTO INDUSTRY INSIDERS PARTNER WITH FOUNDERS OF MONEY20/20, FUTURE PROOF, FINTECH MEETUP & SHOPTALK TO LAUNCH MINT, A GROUNDBREAKING NEW CRYPTO EVENT WHERE REAL BUSINESS GETS DONE

Mint Will Feature The Biggest 1:1 Meetings Program In The History Of Crypto, Setting An Entirely New Standard For U.S. Crypto Events

NEW YORK, NY, March 5, 2025 –

Events industry disruptors Anil D. Aggarwal, founder and former CEO of Money20/20, Fintech Meetup, Shoptalk and Groceryshop, and Matt Middleton, founder and CEO of Future Proof, have partnered with crypto industry insiders Mitul Parmar and Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan to launch Mint, a groundbreaking new U.S. crypto event where real business gets done.

Mint will be held on September 14-17, 2025 on Huntington Beach, CA with 2,500+ leaders from the crypto community and a growing number of open-minded changemakers from traditional industries, including 175+ incredible speakers across 80+ insightful sessions.

Mint sets a new standard for U.S. crypto events because:

1. Mint is where real business gets done with a unique focus on real use cases, users, and revenue
2. Mint features crypto’s biggest ever meetings program with 25,000+ prescheduled 1:1 15-minute meetings, making it easy to meet new people, discover new companies, and capture incredible opportunities that deliver real results
3. Mint includes crypto’s largest ever peer collaboration program with 250+ curated and valuable intimate group discussions to discuss challenges, brainstorm opportunities, and share learnings
4. Mint is the only entirely outdoor crypto event, and will be held on Huntington Beach in Southern California, making for a fun, first-class experience that combines incredible learning, efficient networking, and memorable social activities
5. Mint is created by founders with a 15-year track record of disrupting incumbents and creating industry-leading events across multiple categories, including financial services and commerce, that deliver outsized results for everyone

Mint has gained significant early, pre-launch traction with 70+ leading companies from crypto as well as traditional industries joining as Launch Partners and/or speakers, including:

Alchemy	Google	Story
Aptos	J.P. Morgan	Solana Foundation
Ava Labs	Kraken	Sui Foundation
Berachain	Lightspark	T-Mobile
Binance.US	Monad Foundation	Trust Wallet
Coinbase	Plaid	Walmart
FIS	Polygon	Worldpay
Galaxy	Republic	Zero Hash

Agora	Kiln	Reown
Bitwise	MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab	Serotonin
Blockdaemon	Mesh	Silicon Valley Bank
CoinFund	OrangeDAO	Skybridge Capital
DAWN	Pantera Capital	Socure
DIMO	PayPal Ventures	Sol Strategies
Dragonfly Capital	Portal	Sphere
Electric Capital	Proof of Coverage	Stanford Blockchain Accelerator
Figure Markets	Privy	Stellar
Framework Ventures	Prove	Superstate
GeoComply	Public	Syndicate
Helium Mobile	Quantstamp	The Venture Dept.
Hivemapper	QuickNode	Trust Machines
Incode	Render	World Foundation

Mint will feature the most popular crypto podcasts live onsite, including Bankless, Bits + Bips, Crypto Prime, Empire, Talking Bitcoin, and Unchained.

Mint’s 50+ early confirmed speakers include:

Abe McCallum, Head of Consumer Fintech, Walmart
Alex Kruger, Co-Host, Bits + Bips
Amanda Cassatt, CEO & Founder, Serotonin
Amir Haleem, Founder & CEO, Helium Mobile
Andrew Durgee, President, Republic
Anthony Scaramucci, Founder & Managing Partner, Skybridge Capital
Ariel Seidman, CEO & Co-Founder, Hivemapper
Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO, Kraken
Avichal Garg, Managing Partner, Electric Capital
Bam Azizi, Co-Founder & CEO, Mesh
Christian Catalini, Founder, MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab
Connor Lovely, Founder & CEO, Proof of Coverage
David Hoffman, Co-Founder, Bankless
Dan Thygesen, SVP, Product Partnerships & Growth, T-Mobile
Edward Woodford, CEO & Co-Founder, Zero Hash
Eowyn Chen, CEO, Trust Wallet
Eunice Giarta, Co-Founder & GM, Monad Foundation
Henri Stern, Co-Founder & CEO, Privy
Himal Makwana, Global Head of Corporate Strategy, FIS
Ian Lee, Co-Founder, Syndicate
James Seyffart, Co-Host, Bits + Bips
Jason Pate, Chief Strategy Officer, Plaid
Jason Yanowitz, Co-Host; Co-Founder of Blockworks, Empire
Jason Zhao, Co-Founder, Story
Jess Houlgrave, CEO, Reown (fka WalletConnect)
Jim Hiltner, Co-Founder, Head of Business Development, Superstate
Joe McCann, Co-Host, Bits + Bips
John Nahas, Chief Business Officer, Ava Labs
Jules Urbach, Founder, Render
Keerthi Moudgal, Executive Director, Head of Product – Kinexys Digital Assets, J.P. Morgan
Keone Hon, Co-Founder & GM, Monad Foundation
Konstantin Richter, Founder & CEO, Blockdaemon
Laszlo Szabo, Co-Founder & CEO, Kiln
Laura Shin, CEO & Journalist, Unchained
Leah Wald, President & CEO, Sol Strategies
Leif Abraham, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Public
Lesley O’Neill, Chief Compliance Officer, Binance.US
Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer, Bitwise
Matthew Homer, General Partner, The Venture Dept.
Michael Anderson, Co-Founder, Framework Ventures
Mike Cagney, Co-Founder and CEO, Figure Markets
Nabil Manji, SVP, Head of Fintech Growth & Financial Partnerships, WorldPay
Natalie Brunell, Host, Talking Bitcoin
Nate Geraci, Host, Crypto Prime
Neil Chatterjee, CEO & Co-Founder, DAWN
Nikil Viswanathan, Co-Founder & CEO, Alchemy
Paul Veradittakit, Managing Partner, Pantera Capital
Rich Widmann, Head of Strategy, Web3, Google
Rob Hadick, General Partner, Dragonfly Capital
Rob Solomon, Co-Founder, DIMO
Shan Aggarwal, VP, Corporate & Business Development + Coinbase Ventures, Coinbase

“We believe crypto and blockchain are at the tipping point, ready to transform a wide range of industries over the coming years,” said Mitul Parmar, Co-Founder and CEO of Mint. “Mint was created to catalyze that transformation and take crypto from awareness to mass adoption by accelerating crypto’s pursuit of real users, revenue, and use cases.”

“For more than a dozen years, Matt Middleton and I have had outsized success in launching and leading disruptive new events, each of which have set completely new standards in their respective sectors with cutting-edge experiences, programs, and formats that we’ve pioneered,” said Anil Aggarwal, Co-Founder of Mint. “We’re looking forward to doing it again, this time by bringing together the already tight-knit crypto community, and helping bridge it to the most open-minded changemakers at the frontier of traditional industries.”

For more information about Mint, visit www.letsmint.com and follow us on X, LinkedIn, Instagram and join our Telegram group.

Contact

Mitul Parmar
Mint mitul@letsmint.com
X: @mitulparmar_
Telegram: @mitulparmar

About Mint

From the founders of Money20/20, Future Proof, Fintech Meetup and Shoptalk, Mint is a groundbreaking new U.S. crypto event featuring unprecedented formats, including the biggest and most productive 1:1 meetings program in the history of crypto.

Crypto and blockchain are at a tipping point, ready to transform a wide range of industries over the coming years. Mint catalyzes that transformation and takes crypto from awareness to mass adoption by focusing on real users and use cases.

Join more than 2,500 leaders from the crypto community and a growing number of open-minded changemakers from traditional industries in a fun, friendly, and unforgettable outdoor beachside environment to connect, collaborate, and get real business done.

Mint will be held on September 14-17, 2025, in an entirely outdoor venue on Huntington Beach, California.

Visit www.letsmint.com. Follow us on X, LinkedIn, and Instagram, and join our Telegram group.

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CRYPTO INDUSTRY INSIDERS PARTNER WITH FOUNDERS OF MONEY20/20, FUTURE PROOF, FINTECH MEETUP & SHOPTALK TO LAUNCH MINT, A GROUNDBREAKING NEW CRYPTO EVENT WHERE REAL BUSINESS GETS DONE

Mint Will Feature The Biggest 1:1 Meetings Program In The History Of Crypto, Setting An Entirely New Standard For U.S. Crypto Events

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